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Thank you so much for this website. Although Ivan died so young that he did not have any children, other family members are making sure he is never forgotten. Thank you also for emailing me a photo of his gravestone. Hopefully one day I will be able to visit in person.

Ivan was not actually MY relative ... he was the cousin of a dear friend, who asked us to place a stone from her garden on Ivan's grave. We did so on Friday May 25, 2018, and the entire experience was immensely moving, even without a personal blood connection. I was actually shocked to learn that Ivan's entire crew was buried side-by-side in a row ... I was NOT expecting that. Beautiful, peaceful spot to honour these brave YOUNG men who gave everything they had.

Thank you for creating this page for me to give thanks, not only to my grandfather but all those that lay next to him. I wish I could learn everything about you. A brave young man at 24, and taken far to soon.. never to watch your 4 children grow, my mother not even a year old when you passed. I wish I could have seen your personality, your looks that may resemble my own.. I will keep learning and researching all about you. I will never forget you and will share all my knowledge of you to my children and so on. Thank you again grandfather for your heroic sacrifice.
7th October 1944
RIP with your buddies
All my love, Your grandaughter Darvella Xo

Michael
Thank you for allowing me to post a message on your website. I have visited the Netherlands on numerous occasions studying Canadian battlefields during WW2. The Dutch remember the sacrifices paid by so many to clear the German occupiers.
My late dad was a member of the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars. He survived the war and lived a long and full life.

Thank you for reaching out to me about this project. I am grateful to know that the sacrifices that my grandfather and his comrades made will be recorded for future generations.

.As I write this, per his service record, this is the 74th anniversary of his death in the early days of the Battle of the Scheldt.

While neither his wife, nor his son were able to do so, I have been fortunate enough to visit the cemetary twice, once 11 yrs ago yesterday , and a second time 4 yrs ago on Remembrance Day. During both visits the people of the Netherlands were welcoming and shared stories of what the Canadian soldiers did for their country for which they are eternally grateful.

My grandfather, Rfln. Gus John Polishak (Regina Rifle Regiment), shipped out to fight when my father, his only child, was about 6 months old. Even though he was the eldest of 3 brothers in his family, who were old enough to enlist, he was both the last to leave as well as the only one of them to die in battle.

I still have a letter sent by the army regarding his death, at the age of 30, to his wife Nellie (then 25) and son Danny (16 months ) along with the personal effects he had on him at his death; it is heartbreaking to think what she felt reading it.

I know that in more ways than one that without my grandfather's ultimate sacrifice I would not be here today and I am forever thankful for his bravery and self-sacrifice.

Although I am not a relative, I feel so privileged to be able to discover your story and leave it so others will see it as well. There is not a lot known about you or your family but I did not leave any stone unturned when searching for them to discover who you were. You must have lied about your age to be able to enlist, I wish I knew why I just want to know more. Your life has left me thinking how many more people have gone unthought of because nothing is known about them. Thank you for serving and putting my life and the war in perspective.

I can't thank you enough for all the work you have done creating this website. My Uncle Curtis Miller means allot to me and my family, even though most of use never got to meet him. With your amazing help I am learning so much about him, and the love and care our soldiers receive from everyone. Makes it so much easier knowing him and the other soldiers are not alone.

In Zevenkerken, a Benedictin Abby in Bruges - Sint Andries - Loppem (situated on the border of these cities) was in September 1944 the HQ of the 2 Armoured Dicision. Between 9 and 20 September, 14 Canadian soldiers en two Polish soldiers werd burried on the graveyard of the Abbey. In Match 1945, their bodies were transported to the cemetry of Adegem. Do you have information about the Polish soldiers?
Thank You,

Dear Ludo,
I have found this website, telling about the fallen Polish soldiers that are buried at Adegem war cemetery. According to this information they were buried in the area of Aalter and Axel. And 2 Polish air crew members, serving on behalf of the R.A.F. One at Klemskerke and one at Zeebrugge. Both were temporary cemetery's with a great number of British soldiers.
https://brukselanato.msz.gov.pl/en/permanent_delegation/history_of_polish_armed_forces_in_belgium/polish_memory_sings_in_belgium/military_cemeteries/adegem/adegem

Died WWII
Allan Bruce Singer
Born May 13, 1906 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, “Allan” Bruce Singer was the youngest of the nine children of George Allan Singer and Gertrude Elizabeth Blackburn Singer. He lived in Windsor until he joined the Army in July of 1940. Allan was part of a long history of family members who were involved in Nova Scotia Militia dating back to the American Revolution. Of the six male siblings, five signed up to serve in either WWI or WWII. The sixth boy had died in infancy.

Allan was married by 1931. On July 18, 1940 Allan enlisted and by October of 1941 he was in the U.K. On 6 October1944 he was sent to France, arriving there on October 7th. From there he was sent to Belguim. On November 2, 1944 Allan was killed in action in Belguim. He left behind his wife, Edna two daughters, Barbara, age 9; Berngula “Sis”, age 7, and one son: Bruce Murray Singer, age 5. Sadly he did not get to see his children grow to adulthood, nor did he get to hold his grandchildren in his arms. His nieces and nephews did not have the opportunity to know him... their loss carries forward in the generations that follow……. the best we can do is to remember and try to ensure our remembering is carried forward in those who come after...